Cuyahoga River

The Cuyahoga River is different because it is in the shape of a big U, going south from Geauga County, OH down to Kent, over to Cuyahoga Falls and Akron, then north again to Cleveland, where it empties into Lake Erie. The name is thought to come from an Indian word meaning "crooked", so there are a number of organizations in Northeast Ohio called the "Crooked River ...".

The river is infamous for catching fire in the 1960's, but it actually caught fire in the 1950's as well. Times were different in the 1950's though, and the event didn't get as much attention as in the 1960's.